JP2009126321A - Spat mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spat mounting structure capable of easily mounting a spat on a lower part on the vehicle forward side of a wheel house of the vehicle while maintaining the mounting strength of the spat. <P>SOLUTION: A recess 150 is formed in a flange part 104 on the vehicle forward side of a fender liner 100, and an insertion hole 156 is formed in a part of a sidewall 154 part of the recess 150. A U-shaped clip 300 can be easily (in one action) mounted on the flange part 104. A spat 200 is fastened to the flange part 104 of the fender liner 100 by screws 250 via the U-shaped clip 300, and the high mounting strength can be obtained thereby. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an attachment structure for spats attached to a flange portion of a fender liner provided in a wheel house of a vehicle.

  The vehicle wheel house is provided with a fender liner. The fender liner is formed in a substantially semicircular arc shape along the wheel arch in a side view, and is configured to cover the front wheel (or the rear wheel) from the upper side along the wheel arch and located at the upper part of the wheel house. . This prevents mud and pebbles from hitting the wheel apron and the like.

And the spats may be attached to the lower part of the flange part extended substantially horizontally to the vehicle front side of a fender liner. Spats have the effect of reducing air resistance by rectifying air passing through the lower part of the vehicle and preventing it from flowing into the wheel house (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-278859

  Although the mounting strength of the spats can be ensured also by the above prior art, there is room for improvement in terms of ease of mounting the spats. That is, there is a demand for a spats mounting structure that allows easy attachment of spats while maintaining mounting strength.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and easily attaches spats to the flange portion of the fender liner provided in the wheel house of the vehicle wheel house while maintaining the attachment strength of the spats. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for spats capable of.

  The attachment structure of the spats according to claim 1 is provided at a lower portion of a flange portion extending in a vehicle front side direction from a vehicle front side end portion of a substantially semicircular arc shaped arch portion in a fender liner provided in a wheel house of the vehicle. A mounting structure for spats to be attached, comprising: a concave portion formed in the flange portion of the fender liner; a mounting hole formed in a bottom portion of the concave portion of the flange portion of the fender liner; and the flange of the fender liner. The flange of the fender liner has an insertion hole formed in a side portion of the concave portion of the portion, and a U-shaped cross section in which ends of the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion disposed substantially in parallel are coupled to each other. The upper piece portion is inserted from the insertion hole of the portion, the bottom portion of the concave portion of the flange portion is sandwiched between the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion, and is formed between the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion. Tightening A fastening member attached to the flange portion of the fender liner and a mounting portion formed with a screw hole so that the hole overlaps the mounting hole, and a screw inserted from the screw hole of the mounting portion The fastening piece is inserted into the fastening hole of the lower piece portion and the fastening hole of the upper piece portion and the mounting hole of the flange portion of the fender liner, and at least the upper piece portion of the fastening member. And a spat attached to the panel via the fastening member by being screwed into the fastening hole.

  In the attachment structure of the spats according to claim 1, the fastening member having a U-shaped cross section has the upper piece inserted from the insertion hole formed in the side of the concave portion of the flange portion of the fender liner, and the bottom of the concave portion is It is attached to the flange portion by being sandwiched between the one piece portion and the lower piece portion. And the screw inserted from the screw hole formed in the attachment part of the spats is inserted into the fastening hole of the lower piece part of the fastening member and the fastening hole of the upper piece part and the attachment hole of the bottom part of the concave part of the flange part, and at least The spats are attached to the flange portion of the fender liner via the fastening member by being screwed into the fastening hole of the upper piece portion of the fastening member.

  In this way, the flange portion can be easily attached to the flange portion with the screw via the fastening member attached to the flange portion of the fender liner. That is, the spats can be easily attached to the flange portion of the fender liner provided in the vehicle wheel house while maintaining the attachment strength of the spats.

  The attachment structure of the spats according to claim 2 is the structure according to claim 1, wherein an upper boss into which the screw is screwed is formed around the fastening hole on the upper surface of the upper piece portion of the fastening member. It is characterized by being.

  In the attachment structure of the spats according to claim 2, since the screwing allowance of the screw is increased by the upper boss, the fastening strength is improved. Therefore, the attachment strength of the spats is improved.

  The attachment structure of the spats according to claim 3 is the structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom portion of the recess is formed around the fastening hole on the lower surface of the upper piece portion of the fastening member. A lower boss to be inserted into the mounting hole is formed.

  In the attachment structure of the spats according to claim 3, since the lower boss formed around the fastening hole on the lower surface of the upper piece portion of the fastening member is inserted into the attachment hole on the bottom portion of the recess, before attaching the spats with screws The fastening member is prevented from falling off from the flange portion of the fender liner.

  As described above, according to the attachment structure of the spats according to claim 1, it is possible to easily attach the spats to the flange portion of the fender liner provided in the wheel house of the vehicle while maintaining the attachment strength. Has an excellent effect.

  According to the attachment structure of the spats of Claim 2, it has the outstanding effect that the attachment strength of the spats to the flange part of a fender liner improves.

  According to the attachment structure of the spats of Claim 3, it has the outstanding effect that the drop-off | omission from the flange part of the fender liner of the fastening member before attaching spats with a screw | thread can be prevented.

  Hereinafter, an example of the embodiment of the attachment structure of the spats in the present invention will be described in detail. In addition, arrow UP in a figure shows a vehicle up direction, arrow FR shows a vehicle front direction, and arrow OUT shows a vehicle width direction outer side direction.

  FIG. 1 shows a front portion of the vehicle 10. A fender liner 100 is disposed in a wheel house 12 in which front wheels (not shown) at the front portion of the vehicle 10 are disposed. The fender liner 100 has an open side on the lower side and a substantially semicircular (arched) arch portion 102 along the wheel arch in a side view. The vehicle front side end portion 102 </ b> A (see FIGS. 2 and 3) of the arch portion 102 reaches the front end portion of the wheel house 12, and the vehicle rear side end portion 102 </ b> B reaches the rear end portion of the wheel house 12. Further, the inner peripheral surface of the arch portion 102 has a substantially constant distance from the front wheel, and covers the front wheel from the front, the rear, and the upper side. A flange portion 104 extends substantially horizontally from the vehicle front side end portion 102A of the arch portion 102 in the vehicle front side direction (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Similarly, a flange portion 106 extends substantially horizontally from the vehicle rear side end portion 102B of the arch portion 102 in the vehicle rear side direction. The fender liner 100 is made of resin and is formed by molding.

  A spat 200 is provided at a lower portion of the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100 through a U-shaped clip 300 (see FIGS. 2, 3, and 6), which will be described later, (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Is attached by. The spats 200 are configured by a shielding plate portion 202 that hangs down from the flange portion 104 and suppresses air intrusion into the wheel house 12 and a mounting plate portion 204 that extends from the upper end of the shielding plate portion 202 toward the vehicle front side. In the side view, it is a substantially L-shaped plate. Spats 200 extend in the vehicle width direction (arranged with the vehicle width direction as the longitudinal direction). The mounting plate portion 204 of the spats 200 has screw holes 206 (see FIG. 5) at positions corresponding to three mounting portions 52A, 52B, 52C (details will be described later) of the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100. 3) is formed.

  Next, the attachment structure 50 for attaching the spats 200 to the lower portion of the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 6 illustrate the state before attaching the U-shaped clip 300 and the spats 200, and FIGS. 5 and 7 illustrate the state after only attaching the U-shaped clip 300 (before attaching the spats 200). Is illustrated.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the spats 200 are provided with screws 250 (FIG. 3) at three attachment sites 52 </ b> A, 52 </ b> B, 52 </ b> C provided side by side in the vehicle width direction on the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100. Attached). And the attachment structure 50 of the spats to which this invention was applied is applied to each of this attachment site | part 52A, 52B, 52C. Since the attachment structure of any of the attachment parts 52A, 52B, 52C is the same attachment structure, the attachment part 52C on the outer side in the vehicle width direction will be described as a representative.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a concave portion (stepped portion) 150 is formed in the flange portion 104 (the attachment portion 52 </ b> C) of the fender liner 100 on the vehicle front side. In addition, the lower surface of the formation part of the recessed part 150 of the flange part 104 is convex (the upper surface is dented and the lower surface swells, see FIG. 6).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle front side portion of the bottom 152 of the recess 150 is an inclined surface 152 </ b> A having an upward slope toward the vehicle front side. An insertion hole 156 is formed in the side wall 154 portion of the recess 150 on the vehicle rear side. The insertion hole 156 is formed so as to extend from the bottom 152 of the recess 150 to the general surface 104A of the flange 104. Further, a mounting hole 158 penetrating in the vertical direction is formed in the bottom 152 of the recess 150. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, a resin U-shaped clip 300 (see FIG. 6) is attached to the bottom 152 of the recess 150.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the U-shaped clip 300 has an end portion (base portion) between an upper piece portion 320 and a lower piece portion 310 that are arranged substantially in parallel with each other at a coupling portion 302, and is substantially U-shaped in a side view. It is shaped like a letter. A fastening hole 322 is formed in the upper piece portion 320 of the U-shaped clip 300, and a fastening hole 312 is formed in the lower piece portion 310. The fastening hole 322 of the upper piece portion 320 and the fastening hole 312 of the lower piece portion 310 are formed so that their axes (centers of arcs) are substantially coincident. In addition, a tip portion of the upper piece portion 320 and an inclined portion 321 that is inclined outward are formed.

  An upper boss 324 is formed around the fastening hole 322 on the upper surface 320A of the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300, and a lower boss 326 is formed around the fastening hole 322 on the lower surface 320B. In other words, the upper piece portion 320 of the U-shaped clip 300 is integrally formed with a cylindrical portion 328 whose inner peripheral surface is a fastening hole 322. A threaded groove 322 </ b> A is formed in the fastening hole 322 constituting the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 328.

  Here, the process of attaching the U-shaped clip 300 to the bottom 152 of the concave portion 150 of the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300 is inserted from the insertion hole 156 of the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100 from the vehicle rear side toward the vehicle front side. At the time of insertion, it is smoothly inserted by being guided by the inclined portion 321 at the tip of the upper piece portion 320. As shown in FIG. 7, the bottom 152 of the recess 150 is sandwiched between the upper piece 320 and the lower piece 310 of the U-shaped clip 300. The lower boss 326 of the lower piece 310 is inserted into the mounting hole 158 of the bottom 152.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the U-shaped clip 300 is attached to the bottom 152 by sandwiching the bottom 152 of the concave portion 150 of the flange portion 104 between the upper piece 320 and the lower piece 310 of the U-shaped clip 300. As shown in FIG. 7, the fastening hole 322 of the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300, the fastening hole 312 of the lower piece 310, and the mounting hole 158 of the bottom 152 overlap so that the respective axes are substantially coincident with each other. .

  2 and 3, a screw 250 is inserted from a screw hole 206 (see FIG. 3) of the mounting plate portion 204 of the spats 200 disposed in the lower portion of the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100, and the U It is inserted into the fastening hole 312 of the lower piece portion 310 of the U-shaped clip 300 and the mounting hole 158 of the bottom portion 152 of the concave portion 150 of the flange portion 104, and is screwed into the fastening hole 322 of the cylindrical portion 328 of the upper piece portion 320 of the U-shaped clip 300. The spats 200 are attached to the lower portion of the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100 by being fastened together.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a thread groove 322 </ b> A is formed in advance on the inner peripheral surface of the fastening hole 322 of the cylindrical portion 328 of the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300. However, the structure may be such that the screw groove 322A is not formed in advance, and the screw groove is cut into the inner peripheral surface of the fastening hole with a self-tapping screw.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  A concave portion 150 is formed in the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100, and an insertion hole 156 is formed in a side wall 154 portion of the concave portion 150, so that the U-shaped clip 300 can be easily flanged (one action). It can be attached to the portion 104 (see FIGS. 5 and 6). In addition, the lower boss 326 of the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300 is inserted into the attachment hole 158, so that the fastening hole 312 of the lower piece 310, the fastening hole 322 of the upper piece 320, and the attachment hole 158. Positioning is performed so that the hole centers substantially coincide (so that the holes overlap). Further, a click feeling is obtained at the time of insertion, and dropping after the U-shaped clip 300 is attached is prevented.

  Since the spats 200 are fastened to the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100 by the screws 250 via the U-shaped clip 300, high attachment strength can be obtained. Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the upper boss 324 (cylinder part 328) is formed in the upper piece part 320 of the U-shaped clip 300, the screwing allowance of the screw 250 is increased. Accordingly, higher mounting strength can be obtained (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

  Further, the lower boss 326 of the upper piece 320 of the U-shaped clip 300 is inserted into the attachment hole 158 of the bottom 152, so that the fastening hole 312 of the lower piece 310, the fastening hole 322 of the upper piece 320, and the attachment hole 158 is positioned so that the hole centers substantially coincide (so that the holes overlap). Therefore, for example, when fastening with the screw 250, there is no need to adjust the position of the U-shaped clip 300 so that the hole position is matched. In addition, as described above, dropping after the U-clip 300 is attached is prevented. Therefore, the fastening work with the screw 250 is easy.

  In this way, the spats 200 are attached to the flange portion 104 with the screws 250 via the U-shaped clip 300 that is easily attached to the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100. That is, the spats 200 can be easily attached to the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100 while maintaining the attachment strength.

  The insertion hole 156 of the flange portion 104 of the fender liner 100 is formed so as to extend from the bottom portion 152 of the recess 150 to the general surface 104A of the flange portion 104. Direction). Therefore, even if the recess 150 and the insertion hole 156 are formed, the molding of the fender liner 100 is not complicated.

  FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show an example of an attachment structure for spats to which the present invention is not applied. In the mounting structure 820 to which the present invention is not applied as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, first, a sheet metal retainer 830 having a longitudinal direction in the vehicle width direction in which the burring 832 is formed is used as a flange on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 800. After being placed on the portion 804, the resin clip 840 is temporarily fixed. Then, the spats 200 are fastened and attached to the inner peripheral surface of the burring 832 with a self-tapping screw 850 while carving a screw groove.

  Such a spats mounting structure 820 requires a step of temporarily fixing the sheet metal retainer 830 on the flange portion 804 of the fender liner 800 with a resin clip 840. In addition, the sheet metal retainer 830 has a high cost per part because of high costs such as raw material costs, molding costs, and painting costs.

  On the other hand, the attachment structure 50 of the spats to which the present invention is applied can be easily attached only by inserting the U-shaped clip 300 made of a resin having a low unit price from the insertion hole 156 as described above, and a separate resin Clips are also unnecessary. Therefore, compared to the spats mounting structure 820 to which the present invention is not applied as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the spats mounting structure 50 of the present embodiment to which the present invention is applied can mount the spats 200 at a lower manufacturing cost. Is possible.

  The spats mounting structure 50 according to the present embodiment is easy to mount the spats 200 at a low cost as described above, but the mounting strength is substantially the same as the spats mounting structure 820 shown in FIGS. It has a mounting strength of

  In order to facilitate the attachment of the spats 200 to the flange portion, the spats 200 is directly attached to the flange portion of the fender liner with a resin clip or the like without using the sheet metal retainer 830 (see FIGS. 8 and 9). Although a structure may be considered, sufficient mounting strength cannot be obtained with such a mounting structure. Therefore, when a load is input to the spats 200 due to road surface interference or the like, the spats 200 may fall off.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the insertion hole 156 is formed in the side wall 154 portion on the vehicle rear side of the concave portion 150 of the flange portion 104 on the vehicle front side of the fender liner 100, and the U-shaped clip 300 is moved from the vehicle rear side to the vehicle front side. Although it inserted from the insertion hole 156 and attached, it is not limited to this. For example, an insertion hole may be formed in the side wall on the vehicle front side of the concave portion of the flange portion of the fender liner, and the U-shaped clip 300 may be inserted and attached from the insertion hole toward the vehicle front side from the vehicle rear side. . Alternatively, an insertion hole may be formed in the vehicle width direction outer side or inner side wall of the recess, and the U-shaped clip 300 may be inserted and attached from the insertion hole toward the inner side or the outer side from the outer side or the inner side in the vehicle width direction. .

  Further, for example, in the above embodiment, the U-shaped clip 300 is made of resin, but is not limited thereto. For example, a metal U-shaped clip may be used.

It is a perspective view which shows the front part of the vehicle to which the attachment structure of the spats which concerns on embodiment of this invention was applied. It is shown. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment structure of the spats of embodiment of this invention. It is the figure of the AA cross section of FIG. 2 which shows the attachment structure of the spats of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state before attaching a U-shaped clip and spats. It is a perspective view which shows the state after attaching the U-shaped clip to FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the vehicle front-back direction explaining the attachment of a U-shaped clip. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (cross-sectional view of the AA cross section of FIG. 5) of the vehicle front-back direction after attaching a U-shaped clip. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the attachment structure of the spats to which this invention is not applied. It is sectional drawing which shows the AA cross section of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle 12 Wheel house 50 Spats attachment structure 100 Fender liner 102 Arch part 104 Flange part 150 Recess part 152 Bottom part 158 Attachment hole 156 Insertion hole 200 Spats 202 Shielding plate part 204 Attachment plate part (attachment part)
250 screw 300 U-shaped clip (fastening member)
310 Lower piece 312 Fastening hole 320 Upper piece 322 Fastening hole 324 Upper boss 326 Lower boss

Claims (3)

A spats mounting structure that is attached to a lower portion of a flange portion extending in a vehicle front side direction from a vehicle front side end portion of a substantially semicircular arc-shaped arch portion in a fender liner provided in a vehicle wheel house,
A recess formed in the flange portion of the fender liner;
A mounting hole formed in the bottom of the recess of the flange portion of the fender liner;
An insertion hole formed in a side portion of the concave portion of the flange portion of the fender liner;
The end portions of the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion, which are arranged substantially in parallel, have a U-shaped cross section, and the upper piece portion is inserted from the insertion hole of the flange portion of the fender liner, The fender liner is configured such that the bottom portion of the concave portion of the flange portion is sandwiched between the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion, and a fastening hole formed in the upper piece portion and the lower piece portion overlaps the mounting hole. A fastening member attached to the flange portion of
And a screw inserted through the screw hole of the mounting portion, the fastening hole of the lower piece portion of the fastening member, the fastening hole of the upper piece portion, and the fender. Spats that are inserted into the mounting hole of the flange portion of the liner and screwed into at least the fastening hole of the upper piece portion of the fastening member to be attached to the panel via the fastening member. When,
A mounting structure for spats, comprising:   The attachment structure for the spats according to claim 1, wherein an upper boss into which the screw is screwed is formed around the fastening hole on the upper surface of the upper piece portion of the fastening member.   The lower boss inserted into the attachment hole in the bottom portion of the recess is formed around the fastening hole on the lower surface of the upper piece portion of the fastening member. 2. Spats mounting structure according to 2.

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